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Science 12 - Biology: 4. Often we recognise an infection by the symptoms it causes. The immune response is not so obvious, until we recover

Student learn

  • dentify defence barriers to prevent entry of pathogens in humans: – skin – mucous membranes – cilia – chemical barriers – other body secretions
  • gather, process and present information from secondary sources to show how a named disease results from an imbalance of microflora in humans
  • identify antigens as molecules that trigger the immune response
  • explain why organ transplants should trigger an immune response
  • identify defence adaptations, including: – inflammation response – phagocytosis – lymph system – cell death to seal off pathogen